Gopher Flats vs Riverside

A side-by-side comparison of Gopher Flats and Riverside: population, income, housing, and more.

Gopher Flats and Riverside are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gopher Flats has the higher population (383 vs 367 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($97,500 vs $81,250 in Gopher Flats). Gopher Flats has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $235,500 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Gopher Flats	Riverside
Population	383	367
Median age	54.0 yrs	19.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$97,500
Median home value	$250,000	$235,500
Median gross rent	$881	$1,188
Housing units	180	97
Homeownership rate	62.7%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gopher Flats	Riverside
Population	395 → 383 (-3.0%)	165 → 367 (+122.4%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $81,250 (+68.8%)	$74,375 → $97,500 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$258,300 → $250,000 (-3.2%)	$164,100 → $235,500 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $881 (+21.5%)	$1,219 → $1,188 (-2.5%)

Gopher Flats

Population

395383

Median household income

$48,125$81,250

Median home value

$258,300$250,000

Median gross rent

$725$881

Riverside

Population

165367

Median household income

$74,375$97,500

Median home value

$164,100$235,500

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gopher Flats	Riverside
Under 5	2.1%	8.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	27.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	7.3%	5.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	23.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	17.8%	4.6%
75 and over	7.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gopher Flats	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	37.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.9%	16.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	40.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gopher Flats	Riverside
No high school diploma	13.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	24.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gopher Flats	Riverside
Drove alone	53.2%	83.3%
Carpooled	31.6%	0.0%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gopher Flats	Riverside
1-unit, detached	38.3%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.2%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Gopher Flats	Riverside
Poverty rate	16.4%	4.1%
Average household size	2.10	3.99
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1976	1957